FIBT World Championships 1997
# FIBT World Championships 1997

The FIBT World Championships 1997 took place in St. Moritz, Switzerland (Bobsleigh) and Lake Placid, New York, United States (Skeleton). St. Moritz hosted a championship event for the record eighteenth time. The Swiss city had hosted the event previously in 1931 (Four-man), 1935 (Four-man), 1937 (Four-man), 1938 (Two-man), 1939 (Two-man), 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1965, 1970, 1974, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1989 (Skeleton), and 1990 (Bobsleigh). Meanwhile, Lake Placid hosted a championship event for the seventh time, doing so previously in 1949, 1961, 1969, 1973, 1978, and 1983.

## Two man bobsleigh

| Pos | Team |
| - | - |
| Gold | Switzerland (Reto Götschi, Guido Acklin) |
| Silver | Italy (Günther Huber, Antonio Tartaglia) |
| Bronze | United States (Brian Shimer, Robert Olesen) |

Italy earned its first world championships medal since 1971.

## Four man bobsleigh

| Pos | Team |
| - | - |
| Gold | Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Sven Rühr, René Hannemann, Carsten Embach) |
| Silver | Germany (Dirk Wiese, Christoph Bartsch, Thorsten Voss, Michael Liekmeier) |
| Bronze | United States (Brian Shimer, Chip Minton, Randy Jones, Robert Olesen) |

## Men's skeleton

| Pos | Athlete |
| - | - |
| Gold | Ryan Davenport (CAN) |
| Silver | Jim Shea (USA) |
| Bronze | Chris Soule (USA) |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
